What a summer 2026 is going to be in South Wales for music fans of all tastes. The latest superstar to announce a huge show at Cardiff’s Blackweir is PITBULL. He joins the likes of TAKE THAT, TEDDY SWIMS and LEWIS CAPALDI, all heading to the capital next year.
The Grammy Award-winning rapper, singer, songwriter and actor will bring the ultimate party to the Welsh capital at Blackweir Live on Saturday, July 4. Pitbull, whose shows are infamous for thousands of fans dressing up as him, will be performing at the huge venue as part of his I’m Back! Tour.. We’ve got the detail for presale and general sale so scroll down.
With billions of streams, hundreds of platinum certifications, and a career packed with chart-topping anthems like Fireball, Hotel Room Service, Give Me Everything, Timber and Don’t Stop The Party, Pitbull has cemented his place as one of the most iconic performers of the 21st century.
Expect high-energy hits, explosive visuals, pyrotechnics, and Pitbull’s signature party atmosphere as he performs alongside his live band The Agents and dancers The Most Bad Ones. Fans across the world have turned his shows into viral moments — complete with bald caps and chants of “EEEEEEEYOOOOOO” — and Cardiff can expect nothing less than pure chaos and celebration.
It is now revealed that Pitbull will be supported by hip hop icon LIL JOHN.
One of the most prominent figures in music and pop culture alike, Lil Jon has performed for hundreds of thousands of fans with the likes of Usher & Ludacris, Afrojack, Steve Aoki, Pitbull, TLC Becky G, Offset, LMFAO, Too $hort and E-40 to name a few.
Back in 2014 Lil Jon proved once again he’s a powerhouse artist teaming up with DJ Snake for their smash hit Turn Down For What, which created a massive worldwide craze. Most recently, Lil Jon was the musical director for Usher’s 2024 Super Bowl halftime show in Las Vegas, where he performed their iconic record, Yeah!, which has garnered more than a billion-streams on Spotify.
Earlier this year, Lil Jon released the first of his meditation albums called Total Manifestation, which was met with resounding success and he followed-up that album with his second one titled Manifest Abundance.
Known best for his role in creating and popularizing the southern movement and lifestyle known as Crunk, Lil Jon delivered a string of regional hits in the 90’s with the East Side Boyz eventually becoming a national force in 2001 thanks to the tracks Bia Bia and Put Yo Hood Up. Their iconic albums include We Still Crunk!, Put Yo Hood Up, Kings of Crunk and Crunk Juice.
His consistent hitmaking has earned him legions of fans across the globe and armfuls of awards including two BMI Songwriter of the Year awards, 11 Billboard Awards (for the two hit Usher tracks Yeah! and Lovers and Friends), a GRAMMY, a Radio Music Award, a BET award, two MTV Video Music Awards and an American Music Award.
Launched earlier this year, Blackweir is Cardiff’s new live music hotspot in a partnership between DEPOT Live (the live-events arm of Cardiff music venue, DEPOT) and UK promoters Cuffe and Taylor.
Nick Saunders, founder of DEPOT Live told us….
“Pitbull presents the ultimate party so where better to bring that than Cardiff. This will be an unmissable night filled with hit after hit and with the phenomena created around his shows earlier this year, we expect to see a lot of bald caps in honour of Mr Worldwide.
Adding Pitbull to our line up alongside Teddy Swims and Lewis Capaldi makes for a very strong line up for Blackweir 2026 and we still have more announcements to come!”
You can get tickets for this amazing show HERE.
